Spectrochemical microanalysis of aluminum alloys by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: Identification of precipitates

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 30, 2003, Pages 6138-6147

  Cravetchi, Igor V ^a   Taschuk, Mike ^a   Rieger, Georg W ^a   Tsui, Ying Y ^a   Fedosejevs, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

LATERAL RESOLUTION;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0242334681     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.006138     Document Type: Article

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